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MEMBRANES
卷 11, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/membranes11020113
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CO2; ethane; zeolites; MD simulations; pore connectivity
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- U.S. Department of Basic Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences, Geosciences Program [DESC0006878]
This study investigates the behavior of ethane and CO2 under different pore structures using molecular dynamics simulations, revealing the significant impact of pore connectivity on fluid behavior.
The behavior of fluids under nano-confinement varies from that in bulk due to an interplay of several factors including pore connectivity. In this work, we use molecular dynamics simulations to study the behavior of two fluids-ethane and CO2 confined in ZSM-22, a zeolite with channel-like pores of diameter 0.55 nm isolated from each other. By comparing the behavior of the two fluids in ZSM-22 with that reported earlier in ZSM-5, a zeolite with pores of similar shape and size connected to each other via sinusoidal pores running perpendicular to them, we reveal the important role of pore connectivity. Further, by artificially imposing pore connectivity in ZSM-22 via inserting a 2-dimensional slab-like inter-crystalline space of thickness 0.5 nm, we also studied the effect of the dimensionality and geometry of pore connectivity. While the translational motion of both ethane and CO2 in ZSM-22 is suppressed as a result of connecting the pores by perpendicular quasi-one-dimensional pores of similar dimensions, the effect of connecting the pores by inserting the inter-crystalline space is different on the translational motion of the two fluids. For ethane, pores connected via inter-crystalline space facilitate translational motion but suppress rotational motion, whereas in the case of CO2, both types of motion are suppressed by pore connection due to the strong interaction of CO2 with the surface of the substrate.
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